Effects of vigabatrin on absence-like seizures and tonic convulsions in spontaneously epileptic rats

Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Nie, Hong Guang ^a   Cai, Ji Qun ^a   Yao, Wei Fan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absence like seizures; Spontaneously epileptic rat; Tonic convulsions; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; VIGABATRIN;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 34547745995     PISSN: 10011978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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